OLEG TSELKOV (Russia, 1934-2021).
Untitled, 1992, from the series "Olympic Suite".
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 220/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
Size: 90 x 63 cm.
The Olympic Suite is made up of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The artists chosen work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international renown, widely recognised by critics.
Oleg Tselkov trained with the theatre designer and experimental artist Nikolay Akimov, graduating in 1958 from the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he was in contact with artists from a wide range of backgrounds, including Arthur Miller, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Louis Aragon, Pablo Neruda and others. During the communist period he was persecuted and finally settled in Paris in the late 1970s. His painting concentrates on the human figure, intensely expressive and treated with forceful forms and intense colours that seek to reflect the conflicts and violence of his time.